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Facial recognition entry at 3 airports

At the airport e-gate, passengers have to first scan the bar coded boarding pass after which the facial recognition system will validate their identity and travel document

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Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia at the launch of DigiYatra facility at Delhi airport, on Thursday. Data will be stored in the mobile phones of passengers, he said. Pic/PTI

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia at the launch of DigiYatra facility at Delhi airport, on Thursday. Data will be stored in the mobile phones of passengers, he said. Pic/PTI

The Centre on Thursday launched DigiYatra, aimed to provide a seamless entry and embarkation process for flyers at the airports in Delhi, Bengaluru and Varanasi. It is available for domestic passengers. DigiYatra, which is based on facial recognition technology, will be launched at Hyderabad, Pune, Vijayawada and Kolkata by March. Later, it will be rapidly rolled out across all other airports, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said.

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